"Twenty-five days at two dollars and a half a day come to sixty-two dollars and a half; and the washing, at one dollar a week, she says she cannot do it for less, makes a sum total of sixty-six dollars.

It is the amount agreed on, although you recollect I expressed an opinion more than once that the price for board was extravagantly high." "Two dollars and a half a DAY!" shouted he.

"Why, I understood the price to be two dollars and a half a WEEK, and supposed that half a doubloon would pay the whole debt." He seemed quite indignant at "the imposition," and indulged in severe remarks on the character of the woman with whom I boarded.

He threatened to give her a regular reprimanding, and swore he would cut down her bill to less than one third of the amount.
On the following morning, at about seven o'clock, I again went to the counting room, and found opposite the entrance a mule already bridled and saddled, with a negro guide to show me the way, over the mountains by the Grand Etang route, to the Upper Pearl estate.

I took leave of Bohun, who wrung my hand affectionately at parting, and taking the direction indicated by my guide, entered on my journey.
The road was rough and muddy, for there had been heavy rains, the mule was lazy, and I was unaccustomed to this kind of travelling; besides, I found much on the route to excite my attention; much which was novel and highly interesting.